Thesaurus results for BYSTANDERS

bystanders

noun

plural of bystander

as in spectators

someone who sees or watches something bystanders rushed to help the victim of the mugging

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Recent Examples of bystanders No bystanders were injured in the shooting, according to police. — Dejanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026 Following the crash, the four children were assisted off the school bus by bystanders at the scene, police said. — Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 1 Nov. 2026 This is an example of how a Cannonball run can still be worth doing, without putting oneself and innocent bystanders at risk. — Stephen Edelstein, The Drive, 1 Nov. 2026 Video shot by bystanders that day showed Pretti only had a mobile phone in his hand. — Michael Biesecker, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026 FalcoNet, meanwhile, has drawn criticism from advocacy groups concerned the technology is used to unconstitutionally track not only suspects but also innocent bystanders. — Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 27 Oct. 2026 Video footage shows, minutes before the fatal encounter with Pretti, immigration agents patrolling a Minneapolis street and interacting with bystanders. — Whitney Wild, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2026 In China, pickpockets use chopsticks, and bystanders tend not to interfere. — Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026 Nugent has been in police custody since shortly after Haines was injured and a crowd of bystanders subdued him. — ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026

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Each year, thousands of spectators ooh and aah at a drone show sponsored by TSMC.

— Gaby Del Valle, The Verge, 29 Oct. 2026
The atmosphere was electric as thousands of excited spectators watched daylight disappear.

— Anthony Wood, Space.com, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of spectators

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Hegseth has justified those removals in the vaguest of terms, which has convinced most observers that the real reason amounts to little more than because these officers followed the lawful orders of the previous administration.

— Peter D. Feaver, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2026
At the peak of the Taurid meteor shower, observers in areas with little light pollution can typically expect to see a modest 10 to 15 meteors per hour, Thompson said.

— Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026

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